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Rwandan President Paul Kagame (photo credit: AFP)

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9 December 2015

Rwanda sets date for constitutional referendum as December 18, 2015

The Slovak Parliament amends the constitution, Dec. 08, 2015, to give authorities more powers to deal with terror suspects following the attacks in Paris. (photo credit: Voice of America)

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9 December 2015

Slovakia amends constitution on detention of terror suspects, after Paris attacks

Poland Constitutional Tribunal (photo credit: Reuters)

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9 December 2015

Poland's president defies constitutional ruling amid crisis

Libyan rebels wave their flag on top of the charred remains of a wrecked tank belonging to Moammar Gadhafi's forces at the western entrance to Benghazi, Libya. (photo credit: AFP)

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8 December 2015

UN urges for lawmakers to support Libya accord, splits over power sharing remain

Voters participating in Armenia's December 6 referendum (photo credit: RFE/RL)

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7 December 2015

Armenia endorses constitutional reform to give power to prime minister in nationwide referendum

Chile's education campaign on rewriting the constitution. (photo credit: Presidency of Chile)

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7 December 2015

Chile launches constitutional reform process, starting with civic education

البرلمان الفرنسي

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4 December 2015

فرنسا: هولاند يطلب تمديد حالة الطوارئ ويدعو الى تعديل الدستور للتحرك ضد "الإرهاب الحربي"

وزير الارشاد السوداني

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4 December 2015

السودان: وزارة الإرشاد تقترح تعديلات دستورية لـ (مركزة) الفتوى والخطاب الدعوي

برلمان جنوب السودان

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4 December 2015

جنوب السودان: البرلمان يجيز تعديلات دستورية

Gove told peers that a bill of rights would strengthen protection of individuals and minorities. (photo credit: Rex Shuttershock)

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4 December 2015

UK plan to scrap Human Rights Act delayed due to proposals to create constitutional court

Chief Justice Tirath Singh Thakur (photo credit: India Today)

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4 December 2015

Supreme Court judge T S Thakur sworn in as 43rd Chief Justice of India

Demonstrators unfold an "Estelada" (pro-independence Catalan flag) during celebrations for Catalonia's National Day in Barcelona on September 11, 2015 (photo credit: AFP)

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3 December 2015

Spain's Constitutional Court annuls Catalan independence motion

Henryka Krzywonos, a Polish lawmaker and hero of the anti-communist Solidarity movement, appeals to lawmakers to respect the nation’s constitution ahead of a vote on five lawmakers to the Constitutional Tribunal in Warsaw, Poland on Wednesday Dec. 2, 2015. Critics of the right-wing Law and Justice party say the attempts to put supporters on the constitutional court are a violation of democratic norms. (photo credit: AP)

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3 December 2015

Poland's parliament appoints new constitutional court judges, claims that process is against the constitution

Government sources said the legal framework to extend special powers beyond the current three-month limit on a state of emergency will be put to ministers on December 23 Several parcel bomb alerts occured and for security reasons the city center has been closed to road traffic during the whole period of Strasbourg's Christmas market, following the November 13 Paris terror attacks. (photo credit: AFP)

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3 December 2015

France plans to change constitution to extend state of emergency: govt sources

The convener of the Steering Committee on Constitutional Reform (SCCR), Nigel Hughes (photo credit: Guyana Graphic)

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2 December 2015

Findings of Guyana constitutional review to be released soon